Silo and tile therefor.



J. MERLEY.

SILO AND TILE THEREFOR. APPLIOATION'FILED 11017.15, 1912.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

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JOHN MERLEY, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL FIRE PROOFINGCOMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A COBEORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914t.

Application filed November 15, 1912. Serial No. 731,641.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN MERLEY, a residentof Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Silos and Tiles Therefor, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a sectional view on the irregular line I'-I of Fig.2, showing one form of my improved silo; Fig. 2 is a front view of aportion of a silo; Fig. 3 is a partial sectional View on the lineIII-III of Fig. 2, on a larger scale; and Fig. 4: is a bottom plan viewof one of the channel tiles.

My invention relates to an improvement in silos and tiles therefor, andis designed to provide a cheap and efficient reinforced silo, the majorportion of which can be built from the tiles now on the market, whichtiles are provided with longitudinal openings therethrough.

A further object of my invention is to provide a tile which can be usedin conjunction with the tiles now on the market, and which willinterlock therewith and form a channel for the reinforced concrete toprevent bulging of the silo, which bulging is caused by the weight ofthe silage within the silo. These tiles are also provided with slopingfaces on their outer sides, the upper edges of which are arranged toextend under the outer edges of the tiles above them, while the loweredges are arranged to extend beyond the tiles below them to prevent rainfrom washing out the cement from the horizontal joints between thetiles.

The precise nature of my invention will be best understood by referenceto the accompanying drawings, which will now be described, it beingpremised, however, that changes may be made without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 2 designates thebody tiles, which tiles are provided with longitudinal openings 3.

4: designates the end or door tiles to be used in conjunction with thebody tiles 2, which are also provided with longitudinal openings 3.These door tiles are also formed with recesses on their inner sidesalong one of the longitudinal edges for the reception of the closingdoors 5, as indicated in Fig. 1.

6 designates the channel tiles for the body of the structure, and 7 theend or door tiles to be used in conjunction with the tiles 6. Thechannel tiles 6 and 7 are the same in all respects with the exceptionthat the tiles 7 are provided with recesses along one of their inneredges for the reception of the doors 5, as indicated in Fig. 1. Each ofthese tiles 6 and 7 is provided with a longitudinally extending groove 8in their upper faces, and longitudinally extending projections 9 ontheir lower faces, which are arranged to be seated in the longitudinalopenings 3 through the tiles 2 and 4. to interlock the channel tiles 6and 7 with the tiles 2 and 4t to prevent movement of the tiles withrelation to each other. The outer faces of the tiles 6 and 7 are cut atan angle, as indicated at 10, so that the outer upper edges of thechannel tiles are in back of the outer lower edges of the tiles abovethem, while the outer lower edges of said channel tiles extend beyondthe outer upper edges of the tiles below them, so as to prevent thewashing out of the cement along the horizontal joints between theseveral rows of tiles.

11 designates a body of cement or concrete within the recess or channelformed by the channels in the tiles 6 and 7, and embedded within thisconcrete are reinforcing rods 12. These reinforcing rods extend from apoint within one of the door tiles 7 around the silo to a point withinthe other door tile 7 and the ends of the rod are provided with eyes 13.The ends of these rods 12 may be connected by means of a rod 1 1connected to the eyes 13 and extending across the doorway formed betweenthe end or door tiles; or they may be connected by means of removablerods 15 and connecting links 16.

After a suitable foundation has been provided, the first row of bodytiles 2 and the end or door tiles 1 are placed in position as shown inFig. 2. A. row of channel tiles 6 and 7 is then placed above the firstrow of tiles 2 and 4;, the channel tiles being interlocked with thetiles 2 and 4 by means of the projections 9 extending down from thechannel tiles. The channels are then filled with concrete or cement andthe reinforcing rods embedded therein, the ends of the rods being I ofreinforced concrete; second, from the provision of a tile which isprovided with a sloping outer face, which is arranged to extend in backof the outer edge of the tile above it and in front of the outer edge ofthe tile below it, thereby preventing rain from washing out the cementbetween adjacent horizontal rows of tiles.

I claim:

1. A silo having a plurality of superim-- posed rows of tiles, alternaterows having vertical openings extending therethrough, the tiles in theother rows having upwardly extending projections at the outer edgesthereof extending the full length of the tile, and a projection on thelower face of each of said last-mentioned tiles, said projectionsextending into the vertical opening of the other tiles, and reinforcingmaterial between the upwardly extending projections on thelast-mentioned tiles; substantially as described.

2. A building tile having a fiat body portion, upwardly extendinglongitudinal ribs along each of its longitudinal edges, the outer faceof one of said ribs sloping downwardly and outwardly, and longitudinallyext-ending ribs on the lower face of said tile, the outer faces of thelast mentioned ribs being within the planes of the inner faces of thefirst mentioned ribs; substantially as described.

3. A silo having a plurality of superimposed rows of tiles, alternaterows having two vertical openings extending therethrough, the tiles inthe other rows having downwardly extending projections extending intothe openings into the other tiles, the tiles in one row having slopingfaces, the upper edges of which are below the outer surface of the tilesin the row above them, while the lower edges thereof extend beyond theouter faces of the tiles in the row below them; substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN MERLEY. Witnesses H. E. LINEAWEAVER, W. H. FOSTER.

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